Riven vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Riven
based on 5,806 Riven vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Ekko
Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.
Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.
Advice to Win Against Ekko
The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
Riven vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Riven in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Riven versus Ekko counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Riven often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Ekko
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Who is Better, Riven or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when taking on Ekko, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Ekko.
While Riven does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when facing one another, Riven also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Ekkoas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Riven against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven usually racks up more CS compared to Ekko. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Riven versus Ekko build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Riven incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Ekko than with many other typical builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Ekko with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Ekko as Riven, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Riven vs Ekko battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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